The evidence of a child who is not a competent witness is not admissible.
Citations:
1993 SLT 1277
Jurisdiction:
Scotland
Cited by:
Cited – Sanderson v McManus HL 6-Feb-1997
An order had been made refusing an unmarried father access to his child by the court after evidence that it would not be in the child’s best interests. The father appealed.
Held: The father could not appeal on a question of fact alone. There . .
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Children, Evidence
Updated: 17 May 2022; Ref: scu.237537